19 & Locust St. - looking south

Black and white photograph (25 x 20 cm.) with a view of 19th and Locust Streets area in Omaha, Nebraska, after the tornado of March 23, 1913. There are several frame houses without roofs. A boy with a bicycle is in the middle of the image.

Few disasters have devastated Omaha as completely as the Easter Tornado of March 23, 1913. The storm descended with terrible force just after Easter services on Sunday evening. The tornado created a path of destruction seven miles long and a quarter mile wide. It killed 140 Omahans and injured 400 others.